When Monsters with the Enrage Ability are damaged, their Melee Attacks and Speed are increased, making them very dangerous in battle against enemies. Enraged monsters continue to be very dangerous as long as they survive, so the easiest way to defeat them is to first put up a powerful defense and then quickly destroy them with powerful attacks.
Additionally, when all monsters in battle have the Enrage Ability, I think it might be a better strategy to attack a single target and destroy the monsters one by one, instead of attacking multiple targets. I usually team up with such a strategy when all monsters on the opposing team have the Enrage Ability, and this strategy works pretty well in most battles. In addition to this strategy, it becomes easier to win the battle when my team has a powerful defense.
- Enrage Ability : Has increased Melee attack and Speed when damaged.
I wanted to share with you one of my quite challenging and quite interesting battles today, I hope you like it.
Battle Link
Close Range
Spreading Fury
Mana Cap 40
- Close Range rule means Ranged attacks may be used in the first position in battles.
- Spreading Fury rule means all Monsters have the Enrage ability.
The battle ruleset had the Spreading Fury rule, which meant that all monsters in this battle would have the Enrage Ability. When I reviewed the last 5 battles of the opposing player before starting the battle, I saw that the opposing player generally prefers Sneak Monsters. But in this battle, it was difficult to know what kind of strategy the opposing player would team up with. So I thought it would be pretty good to have a powerful defense both in the first position and the last position in this battle. Also, I knew that the sooner we could destroy the Enraged Monsters, the better it would be, and I set my strategy accordingly.
- Sneak Ability : Targets the last Monster on the enemy Team instead of the first Monster.
Since I wasn't sure what kind of strategy the opposing player would team up with, I thought it would be good to make a powerful defense against enemy attacks in this battle, both in the first position and in the last position. Having a Monster with Void and Phase Abilities in my team's first position would be a good defense against all attacks, especially Magic Attacks. And in my team, a monster with Flying Ability with high health and armor in the last position would be able to defend well against Sneak Monsters. And I thought that having monsters on my team that make these monsters harder to destroy might make my strategy more powerful. At the same time, in order to win this battle, my team had to target the monster in the first position on the opposing team with powerful attacks and destroy them quickly. I determined my team according to this my strategy.
I was going to prefer Magic Attack Monsters in this battle, so I chose Alric Stormbringer as the summoner. Thanks to Alric Stormbringer, my team would be able to attack enemies more powerfully. Alric Stormbringer gives +1 Magic Attack to all friendly Magic Attack Monsters.
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DJINN OSHANNUS is a pretty powerful Monster that can attack the target with Magic Attacks and has 2 Magic Attack, 5 speed, 11 health, the Void Ability and the Phase Ability at level 2. Djinn Oshannus is a powerful monster that can powerful defend against many attackers with his 5 speed and abilities, and he also attacks the target with Magic Attacks, so I put him in the first position.
- Void Ability : Reduced damage from Magic attacks.
- Phase Ability : Magic attacks can miss this Monster (using the same hit/miss calculation as for Melee and Ranged attacks).
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Since Merdaali Guardian has the Tank Heal Ability, I added her to my team and put her in second position. Thanks to she, the monster in the first position would become more difficult to destroy.
- Tank Heal : Restores a portion of the Monster in the first position's health each round.
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I added Spirit Hoarder to my team because he has the Triage Ability and put him in third position. Spirit Hoarder heals the friendly backline monster that has taken the most damage, making them harder to destroy. Also, Spirit Hoarder attacks the target with magic attacks.
- Triage Ability : Heals the friendly back-line Monster that has taken the most damage.
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I thought the team would need armor badly in this battle, so I added Venari Wavesmith with the Protect Ability to my team and put Venari Wavesmith in fourth position. Thanks to Venari Wavesmith, all monsters in my team would have +2 armor. Also, Venari Wavesmith attacks the target with magic attacks.
- Protect Ability : All friendly Monsters gain +2 Armor.
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Just in case, when a monster on my team is destroyed, it would be pretty good to brought back to life, so I added River Hellondale with the Resurrect Ability to my team and put him in fifth position. Also, River Hellondale attacks the target with magic attacks.
- Resurrect Ability : When a friendly Monster dies it is brought back to life with 1 Health. This ability can only trigger once per battle.
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Although I couldn't predict the opponent player's strategy, I was thinking that the probability of Sneak Monsters on the opposing team in this battle is quite high. That's why I added Runemancer Kye with Flying and Life Leech Abilities to my team and put her in the last position. Also, Runemancer Kye has 2 Magic Attack, 3 speed, 5 armor and 8 health. So I put her in the last position and she could put up a good defense against Sneak Monsters.
- Flying Ability : Has an increased chance of evading Melee or Ranged attacks from Monsters who do not have the Flying ability.
- Life Leech Ability : Monster's health increases each time it damages an enemy Monster's health in proportion to the damage dealt.
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The opposing player's strategy was really good and the opposing team had 4 Sneak Monsters and the opposing player chose Daria Dragonscale as the Summoner to increase their attack power by +1.
The opposing team was attacking so brutally in the first round, Runemancer Kye was able to evade only one of 5 attacks. On the other hand, Djinn Oshannus was making an excellent defense. And my team's powerful attacks had significantly reduced the health of the first position monster on the opposing team. The superiority of the opposing team in the first round was quite evident.
At the beginning of the second round, the opposing team continued to attack mercilessly. But It was also really admirable that he resisted Agor Longtail's attacks after the Djinn Oshannus was enraged.
Destroying Agor Longtail, who was in the first position at the opposing team. And the fact that Runemancer Kye was brought back to life by the River Hellondale after her death was the breaking points of the battle. It was also remarkable that when Runemancer Kye was brought back to life, she was still enraged.
Although the opposing team had a great start to the battle, the tide of the battle had changed in the second round. In the third round, my team managed to win the battle with effective attacks.
The battle lasted 3 rounds and I can say that all the monsters in the team played an important role in winning this battle. My team managed to win this very tough battle against a powerful team. To be honest, the opponent player's strategy was very good, but my strategy worked much better. In Splinterlands, it is up to us to make our team stronger in battles with our strategy. And with powerful strategies, we can win many battles, even the toughest ones. I recommend you to watch this great battle, which is quite challenging, from the video or the battle link
Having a powerful team is of course very important in Splinterlands, but I can say that strategy is much more important. I can win many battles when I team up with good strategies according to the opposing team and the battle ruleset, but I lose many battles when I don't pay attention to the strategy. Therefore, when I team up with a good strategy with the cards I have, they are much more efficient in battles. For a powerful strategy, we need to know the strength of our cards and examine the opponent well before the battle. These will guide us to define a better strategy.
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